Put in a pulley to regulate the B line, may help with upwind
Thanks, Iāll try that.
Yesterday I did a BRM Kanaha 4M and 2.5 m in the same ozone pouch no need to come off foil. 2nd was in 2 lb Ziploc staying dry. These two wings are money for most Gorge conditions. Ozone stretchy pouch material will fail at some point.
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Pocket Rocket 3m yesterday out in 18 - 35 knots. 86kg, 60L board, Code 850s.
Ripping fun. Just lapping the best swells on the river.
Iām harnessed in whenever Iām not stowing, tacking, or foot swapping. Gybes I can stay harnessed. Anytime a gust comes through, you just point the board further upwind and it just rockets through the swells.
The harness hook and normal stow belt is fine for even the strongest wind, but invest in a proper harness line. I was using the BRM string for a while but recently switched to the more solid new Ozone pw harness line. Much much better.
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Gong has V2 parawings coming out (āPlusā and āNuetraā). LOWKITE - Lowkites ā GONG Galaxy
Anyone have a take on the new design?
The advertising at least points to good upwind and wind range.
It looks like the only change is theyāre adding leading edge ribs.
Battens will help a lot in terms of stability, high and low end. the new bridle set up is also a major change. the v1 collapses easily so assuming this is a major improvement in practice. also, depower! v1 had no depower. but the material is still heavy 52gr ripstop.. wish they offered a version with 32 gr fabric
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Itās official. Parawing is over if The Inertia is talking about it.
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Old Dude Reviews Parawings is a media trend Iām guessing we will have to tolerate for a while longer alongside Pro Foiler Tries Parawinging and Opines on it for Hours and Hours
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What these reviews miss in taking an OutdoorGearLab approach is how little this granularity matters in real world application.
Canopy material weight, packability, overall weight, upwind ability, line suppleness, bag quality, bar length ā¦ these should not have equal weight!
What matters to me are outcomes and benefits ā range (for pop up, safety, etc), minimum packability, upwind ability for lapping, ease of jibe to avoid having to reset. All of this stuff around weight independent of packability is sorta just nonsense.
And context is entirely missing ā you donāt need de-power tabs across the board, but especially in low wind on big wings.
Woah.
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Looks so smooth and packs surprisingly small.
Question is how quickly it dries / flies if you crash. wish it werenā $1500!
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Went to read the article about wind ranges in parawings Parawing Wind Range ā Boardriding Maui and it seems I probably need at least 3 or 4 sizes larger than recommended haha:
- Paia (double-skin) wing: āitās recommended to select one size larger.ā
- Heavier rider (~+50 lb / +23 kg): āmight ride one size larger parawing.ā
- Less foil/parawing experience: āmight ride one to two sizes larger.ā
- Lower-efficiency board: āIāll normally ride one, sometimes two, parawing sizes larger.ā
- Lower-lift foil: āRiders on lower lift foils might ride one size larger parawing.ā
- Upwind/downwind-focused sessions: āI select +1 size largerā¦ā
- Downwinding for range security: āI also normally select +1 size largerā¦ā
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Iāve had about 100km parawing downwinding, only on ~850 surf foils and have had the fastest, surfiest easiest downwind runs Iāve ever had.
Downwind was the key unlock to foiling, and parawing is the unlock for downwind.. surely
PW = ParentWing - logistics for parents made easy. No faff just sending. I did 20km per 1hr nap this weekend.. easy! Drop me near, Iāll kite out to the windline in 5min, pick me up at that beach over there, I can just cut across.
Instead of long paddles out to sea to find the windline or improve the angle, itās blasting out to sea, well beyond what Iād do usually, opening up a huge variety of runs.
Riding code for the first time this weekend, first time riding it, half a run to dial it in (850s) - then just all time carves. No worries if I crash, I can just pop back up. On SUP Iād have played it safe and ridden race foil and bigger boardā¦ Quickly dialled in the 850, big enough for gliding on bumps. Why would you want something bigger.
This is surely the future of downwinding.
I think 850 will probably be near the bigger size, and 85L near the bigger board.
The early struggles are like accelerated SUP. Overwhelming with tangles and crashes and overpowered, but after the second sessionā¦ just need to get very good at packing the thing. And the takeoffs are similar, the better you are at reading bumps and timing your pumps the easier it is.
The thrill and intensity of riding big bumps is still there, as you donāt want to crash and deal with tangles, so the motivation is still high when youāre learning. Also find that itās good to pack the thing away or youāll pull your shoulder out on a big crash.
And riding a smaller foil is the best. All the span-fetishists need to try riding a small foil that turns out in big bumps. Game changer!
The only drawback is if the wind dies or you properly tangle it, you can get in trouble. I think a 5m vacuum packed for backup is a good idea, or a paddle if itās likely. Paddling up in lighter winds is still way easier than the parawing. Just need to vacuum bag a bigger BRM in the backpack in case the wind dies because unlike the sup when the wind dies you get properly stuck.
Also if itās too easy, maybe that takes the thrill out of itā¦ we shall see.
Also forsee wingers getting out beyond their ability as the main drawback. SUP you were always very concious of what could go wrong if you got things wrong..
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Love the idea of Vacuum bagging a backup wing! canāt stand the backpack , and a 2nd Belt isnāt ideal
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If you get a really small packing parawing you can often fit them in the hydration pocket of your Vaikobi
Yeah I think the hydration spot is usually big enough,
Iād like a smaller handle as that is the main bulk.
Thinner lines, thinner materialā¦ emergency use parawing, factory packed in a sealed bag?
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We got a MTB hydration backpack and gutted the thing. Took out all the foam, cut out unnecessary fabric. Now we can carry an extra wing up to 4.3m with a big handle as well as a full hydration bladder. Works well!
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This felt like a watershed moment, this very SUP oriented crew, Mickey especially, have entirely moved on from SUP and only parawing downwind.
I think this is relevant to most āolder dudesā who do the sport to have a good mix of challenge, fun and adventure and donāt really care too much about the competitive side other than that it must feel worth their time
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